Rockschool Bass – Grade 8 (2018-2024)

6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists & 6 Rockschool Originals.

The Bass Grade 8 book will be indispensable as you tackle the complex performance and theoretical challenges of Grade 8, which also earns UCAS points towards a university application.

What you’ll learn at Grade 8:

• • Time signature changes, two-handed tapping, fast blues basslines

• • Whole Tone, Diminished, Natural Minor and Altered scales, Dominant 7?5, Dominant 7?5, Dominant 7?9, Dominant 7?9 Arpeggios and Dominant 7th, Major 7th and Minor 7th chords. Diminished arpeggio and Stylistic Study

• • Session work

Bass Grade 8 features:

• • 6 new arrangements of iconic rock, pop, and contemporary music tracks from classic and contemporary artists & 6 Rockschool Originals

• • The most diverse selection of contemporary music ever seen in a syllabus making the Grades accessible to everyone without precluding any musical tastes

• • Fact Files: band and artist background information with recommended listening

• • Walkthroughs: in-depth guidance on every track

• • Downloadable audio: easily access audio content online

• All the essential music theory and technique you need to pass your exams